In a last-ditch effort to save their citizen-initiated ballot issue that would ask voters to repeal the $1.1 billion city-approved financing plan for the Catalyst entertainment district, the leaders of Greeley Deserves Better have asked Weld District Court to overturn a hearing officer’s Sunday ruling that their successful petition drive was invalid.

Their attorney, Suzanne Taheri of Englewood-based West Group Law + Policy, filed the motion Tuesday morning, asking the court for an expedited review because the deadline for placing an issue on the Nov. 4 municipal ballot is Friday.

After four Greeley residents protested the validity of the petitions, a hearing was held last week at the Greeley Municipal Courts building before city-appointed arbiter Karen Goldman. After hearing Taheri and t

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